WTF was that ending. Once again, a yaoi author writes pedo apologist bullshit and tries to make it sound "deep." I'm all for critiquing society for using "normal" to suppress people's self expression, but using that to justify pedophilia is so disgusting it's laughable. At worst, the author is a delusional pedophile. At best, they just wanted to force a happy ending into this for . . . some reason? Whatever. Don't bother reading if you want a satisfying ending.

Maiko was a cool though. Only reason I kept reading tbh

Seeing a dysfunctional relationship not being turned into idealized true love is really refreshing.

Unquestionably good. Now time for some eye bleach

I seriously don't see any future for them.
All loneliness and crave for accepted by only ppl a kid have in his life makes me so sad.
They never grown up to accept who they are and I can see they going to struggle forever.

I have to give this an 8/10 because I'm really sad with the ending, I really thought this would end well, like I expected that the black haired guy would save the light haired guy I remember I was crying when I saw him being miserable at the end 7w7 Harada-sen I know you like doing things in a f*cked up way but scew you 77w77 you should have spare this one atleast, just stop making it more f*cked up than before huhu

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Hmm honeslty once I stewed after reading this I don't think this is really dark. More like incredibly sad. Yeah the themes are dark but ultmately it is the story of two people who need heavy help with a therapist and maybe some anti depressents and never gonna get them thus their problems never being solved and them just spiraling into more darkness. :/

I actually didn't know this was shotacon when I started reading it, otherwise I might not have even considered it, and I only kept reading (despite how utterly disgusting the first chapter made me feel) because it's a work of Harada and I had faith it could turn into something less, I don't know, absolutely revolting.

As I said, the first chapter or two made my skin crawl and even want to cry. I kept going, though, if only to see some sort of resolution to the mess contained there. And then I was completely drawn in by it. I love Harada's way of writing and style of art, but what blew me away this time was how realistic everything was, how issues were faced head-on. There were real conversations about pedophilia and homosexuality and the way society sees each, and the line between the good versus the bad was blurred. Those kinds of stories are my favorite. Real issues dealt with in a real way.

Harada blew me away again. They usually do, but this is a gem that's not for the casual reader. It gets worse before it gets better, but ends in the most fitting way for itself and overall, does not disappoint.

I read this out of morbid curiosity. welp, this is possibly the most twisted thing i've ever read, and i've read some fucked up stuff before. the layers of the twisted-ness really make the story shine and bring out the real awfulness of it all. it's a story of predation played completely straight and without romanticizing anything, but it begins to twist once yui grows up and the aftermath takes its toll on him.



so yeah, if you need your daily dose of darkness and really wanna to read something completely twisted and awful, this is for you. i need to lie down lol.

I can't bring myself to bring it over a 7 because I'm not a fan of Shota/Pedophile themes. However, since my library is compiled of a lot of different disturbing things I thought I would give it a chance. Both the main characters are twisted. Hell, I think pretty much everyone was a bit sick. But there are actually people like that who think in that way. It was dramatized but the feelings that those two broken people felt were realistic. Yui is a uke that you don't get often. Despite being afraid he's ready to do almost everything to get what he wants. If there was a volume 2 I would have read it.

I recently read the "extra" and that led to me bumping up my previous rating by an additional point. The reason I put "extra" in quotes is because I feel like it's not really an extra. In my opinion, it is an essential part of the story. Without it, the core philosophy behind this manga is lost.

This last chapter is what truly made the melodrama until this point make sense. It left a bittersweet yet realistic feeling. That just because you found love doesn't mean that your life's problems magically disappeared. The ending Harada wrote is perfectly fitting and anything less would have been an insult to the reader.

Overall, this was amazing and recommend it to anyone who likes darker manga. I should note that this isn't the typical rape turns to love BL; the consequences and aftermath are discussed very openly here.

... Last updated on July 6th, 2017, 4:13pm